How many times have you heard successful people talking about the obstacles they overcame, the discouraging chapters they endured, the 'rock bottom' from which they rose up? Maybe you see your own life in similar terms. It's a particular narrative that ends with success, and anyone who has lived it would tend to think other people's lives can, with work, conform to this arc. We need to get away from that assumption. Some people's lives aren't on an upward trajectory and may never be, and those people also deserve respect and dignity.
Governments and nonprofits pour untold sums into caring for the unhoused through myriad programs, but in speaking with unhoused people, I often hear that their needs are not very complex. Even a modest monthly check would be transformative to the lives of many. What if a big piece of the solution to homelessness were simply a universal basic income?
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